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A supermini (from ''superminicomputer'') is, by definition, "a Minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers". The term was an invention used from the mid- 1970 s mainly to distinguish the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputers. Reportedly coined by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their VAX announcement in 1976, the term is now largely obsolete—like minicomputers as such—but still remains of interest for students/researchers of Computer History . Note that superminicomputers should not be confused with the similarly named Minisupercomputer s, which is a class of Supercomputer . SIGNIFICANT SUPERMINIS
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